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Artist

Ryan S. Brown

United States

Born in 1977

Joined Artisor: March 2023

Artist Stats

Total pieces for sale: 2

Total pieces sold: 15

Highest price piece sold: $33,370 (New Discoveries)

Average price per square inch: $16

Bio

Ryan S. Brown is an American painter in the naturalist tradition. After graduating BYU, Ryan went on to study classical painting in Florence, Italy at the Florence Academy of Art, where upon graduation he won the Painting of the Year and Presidents awards. Returning to Utah after his studies in 2008, Ryan opened the Masters Academy of Art in Springville where he passes on the methods and practices within the tradition of classical painting. Ryan’s work contains the time-honored qualities of craftsmanship in drawing, color and composition that, although true to the tradition and heritage of painting that pays homage to past masters, have a uniquely current feel. His works reach past culture, race or religion to connect on a human level with viewers. Often painting the commonplace or the familiar, he allows us to see our world from a new perspective and gain insights into moments often overlooked. He reminds us to stop and see, to think, to dream and to embrace. These human moments provide us with something that, in today’s world of instant gratification and social media, are all the more important. His works remind us of our connection as human beings. They demand pause, contemplation and consideration that moves us far beyond the pleasing images. His works are in public and private collections all over Europe, North America and Australia.

Ryan S. Brown was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. By the time he was a senior in high school Ryan had decided to pursue art as a profession. This pursuit led him to Brigham Young University where he studied Illustration, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2002. While finishing his studies at BYU, Ryan became aware of the deficiencies in his University education. Because his interests were in the academic and naturalist traditions of the nineteenth century, it became necessary for him to get the foundational drawing and painting training not offered at the university. In his senior year at BYU, Ryan began studying with William Whitaker, a renowned portrait and figurative painter. Soon after this, Ryan entered the Florence Academy of Art, where he received his first taste of Academic training. The organized, intense and concise training of the Florence Academy provided Ryan with what he considers the beginning of his understanding of the craft of art. This training not only gave Ryan a deep understanding and love of drawing, but also developed in him a strong self-discipline and work ethic, as well as an insatiable appetite for learning.

In 2003 Ryan returned home to Utah. Upon his return, Ryan began producing work for galleries. Ryan also began teaching academic principles at BYU, teaching figure drawing, observational and spatial drawing and cast drawing. Ryan also opened his studio to students, establishing the Classical Drawing Academy in Springville, Utah. During the three years this Academy was available to students, Ryan saw more than 80 students come through his studio to experience this training. Ryan also taught part-time at Utah Valley State College. Ryan was able to teach and pass on these academic principles until the end of 2006. Ryan also taught at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art sporadically between 2004 and 2006, culminating in an academic drawing workshop given in 2006. An article in American Artist Workshop Magazine in the Winter 2006 issue covered this workshop.

In January, 2007 Ryan, his wife and three children moved back to Florence in order to finish his studies at the Florence Academy of Art.

Ryan is living and working again in Utah and has established the Center for Academic Study and Naturalist Painting (CAS). He is currently interviewing potential students and welcomes any application for study.

Ryan was the top award winner of the John F. and Anna Lee Stacey scholarship in 2004. He also received third place in the Art Renewal Scholarship competition in 2005. In 2006 Ryan was one of ten artists to be invited by American Artist Magazine to the Forbes Trinchera Ranch for a nine day retreat that was followed by a special article in the magazine and a showing of these select artist’s works at the Forbes Gallery in New York in March, 2007. Ryan was also accepted into the Hudson River School for Landscape in its inaugural year, which he attended in the summer of 2007. In 2007 Ryan also won Fourth Place in the Art Renewal Center Scholarship Competition. Ryan was featured in the May, 2008 issue of Southwest Art as “A Rising Artist to Watch”. Ryan won the “Best Painting of the Year” at the Florence Academy of Art in 2008.

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  • Artworks
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Previous works sold
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2018

  • Americans in Paris Exhibition – Galerie L’Oeil du Prince, Paris, France
  • Americans in Paris Exhibition – Arcadia Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
  • Portrait Exhibition – Florence Academy of Art, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
  • 94th Annual Spring Salon – Springville Museum of Art

2017

  • 106th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition for the California Art Club at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles, California

2016

  • Oil Painter’s of America Western Regional Exhibition
  • Finalist in the Art Renewal Salon
  • Published in Plein Air Collector
  • Published in Southwest Art Magazine, March Issue
  • Drawn to Greatness – Group Exhibition at Arcadia Contemporary, Los Angeles, California
  • Published in The Art of Vanitas by Rodney O’Dell Davis
  • Paris Seminar Exhibition at Laguna College of Art and Design
  • Paris Seminar Exhibition at The Salmagundi Club

2015

  • 104th Annual God Medal Exhibition for the California Art Club at the USC Fischer Museum, Los Angeles, California
  • Finalist in the Art Renewal Salon

2014

  • 20th Anniversary Group Exhibition at the Principle Gallery
  • Small Works Invitational – Howard/Mandville Gallery
  • The Art of the Landscape – S. R. Brennen Galleries
  • Celebrating the Portrait as Art – Haynes Galleries, Nashville, Tennessee
  • The Landscape: Views and Variations – Haynes Galleries, Nashville, Tennessee
  • Chiaroscuro: Impressions and Imprints – The Richard J. Massey Foundation, New York, New York
  • Published in The Epoch Times
  • Published in Southwest Art Magazine, December issue

2013

  • Focus: Realism – Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Small Works Invitational – Howard/Mandville Gallery
  • New Works: New Directions Group Exhibition – Haynes Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
  • The Art of Drawing Group Exhibition – Haynes Galleries, Nashville, Tennessee
  • Group Exhibition – Trees Place Gallery, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
  • Published in July/August issue of Traditional Homes Magazine
  • Published in June/July issue of International Artist Magazine
  • Published in January/February issue of The Artist’s Magazine

2012

  • Small Works Group Exhibition – Haynes Galleries, Nashville, Tennessee
  • Holiday Invitational – Principle Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
  • Still Life Group Exhibition – Principle Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
  • Group Exhibition – M Gallery of Fine Art, Charleston, South Carolina
  • Boston International Fine Art Show – Principle Gallery
  • Published in February/March issue of International Artist Magazine
  • Published in January issue of Southwest Art Magazine

2011

  • Small Works Group Exhibition – Haynes Galleries, Nashville, Tennesse
  • Small Works Group Exhibition – Principle Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
  • Group Exhibition – Astoria Fine Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
  • Great American Figurative Exhibition – Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
  • Holiday Small Works Exhibition – Astoria Fine Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
  • Boston International Fine Art Show – Principle Gallery
  • Published in summer issue of Plein Air MagazinePublished in American Artist Magazine

2010

  • One-Man Show – Astoria Fine Art, Jackson Hole Wyoming
  • Group Exhibition – Principle Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
  • Holiday Small Works Exhibition – Astoria Fine Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
  • Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival – Astoria Fine Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
  • Great American Figurative Exhibition – Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
  • Published in American Artist Magazine Special Studios issue
  • Published in August 2010 feature article in American Art Collector Magazine
  • Spring Salon – Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah

2009

  • Florence Academy of Art Alumni Exhibition. Florence, Italy
  • Hudson River Revival Exhibition, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah

2008

  • Published as an “Artist to Watch” in the May issue of Southwest Art Magazine
  • Holiday Exhibition, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
  • Holiday Exhibition, Anderson Fine Art, St. Simons Island, Georgia
  • Holiday Exhibition, Gallery Mar, Park City, Utah

2007

  • Group Exhibition, Forbes Galleries, New York, New York
  • Group Exhibition, W. H. Patterson Galleries, London, England
  • Group Exhibition, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
  • One-Man Show, Astoria Fine Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
  • Summer Salon, Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
  • Great American Figurative Show, Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
  • Armory Show, New York, New York
  • Published in a group article covering the inaugural year of the Hudson River School for Landscape in the winter issue of American Artist Workshop Magazine
  • Second Place Winner in The Artist’s Magazine Annual Landscape competition, as well as two other Finalist awards
  • Published in the December issue of The Artist Magazine

2006

  • Summer Salon, Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
  • Annual Religious Exhibition, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah
  • Cover Article in the Deseret News featuring The Classical Drawing Academy
  • Group Exhibition at Astoria Fine Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
  • Published in a feature article in the October issue of American Art Collector Magazine
  • Winter Exhibition, Century Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
  • Published in American Artists Workshop Magazine
  • Published in July issue of American Art Collector Magazine

2005

  • Young Up and Coming Artists Show, Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
  • Published in two ‘How To’ books entitled “100 Ways to Paint the Landscape” and “100 Ways to Paint the Figure”
  • Group Exhibition, Century Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
  • Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah
  • Grand Opening Exhibition, Astoria Fine Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
  • Academic Exhibition, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah

2004

  • Anniversary Exhibition, Century Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
  • Summer Salon, Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
  • Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah

2003

  • Published in American Artist Special issue on Drawing